History YMMV / StrontiumDog

* IronWoobie: Johnny is a rare example of a manly character who still manages to fall under this trope. Whether it's the sheer amount of crap that gets piled onto him, or the way he stoically accepts the abuse and soldiers on; if you don't occasionally feel the urge to buy the poor man a beer and pat him on the back, you have no heart.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In reality, Alpha radiation is made up of particles which are not particularly harmful since they can be blocked by something as simple as an ordinary piece of paper. The story makes heavy use of WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief.

* HilariousInHindsight: One of Johnny Alpha's allies, [[https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/The_Torso the Torso]], bares an eerie resemblance to [[https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/MSM-07_Z%27Gok a mobile suit in Gundam]].

* RecycledInSpace: Basically Franchise/XMen set in space.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Early strips were pretty heavy-handed with the anti-mutant racism. It's easy to forget that these were written when the Apartheid regime in South Africa still existed.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: There's certainly a good handful of these, especially when [[spoiler: Max Bubba]] finally gets what's coming to him for [[spoiler: killing Wulf]].
--> '''[[spoiler: Max Bubba]]:''' Why, Alpha--Why are you doin' this to me? Why are you ''torturin''' me this way?
--> '''Johnny:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Because I hate you.]] '''''[GUNSHOT]'''''

* TheScrappy: The Gronk.

* CompleteMonster: [[ArchnemesisDad Nelson]] Bunker [[PresidentEvil Kreelman]] is a staunch [[FantasticRacism anti-mutant]] politician in New Britain. Starting a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-esque movement of "Kreelers"]], he institutes various anti-mutant policies to force them into ghettos and refugee camps in the bombed-out wastelands to slowly starve. When his son [[TheProtagonist Johnny Alpha]] is born with a mutation and fearing that this might hurt his political career, he [[AbusiveParents frequently abuses his son]] before trying to lock him up forever. The rebel mutant army succeeds in capturing most of the government, but Kreelman tells them to go ahead and kill the hostages anyway, figuring he can rule the country alone. Meanwhile he has 100 mutants executed every hour until the rebels surrender. Finding out that Johnny is among the captured mutant generals, he eagerly [[OffingTheOffspring orders his execution]]. Kreelman then begins the construction of death camps to destroy the entire mutant population of New Britain, but is forced to resign by the prime minister when they realize he's gone too far and becomes a fugitive. He resurfaces years later to get revenge on Johnny, secretly taking over the Search/Destroy agency to frame Johnny and his allies, and later personally overseeing his son's [[ColdBloodedTorture slow death by torture]].

* CompleteMonster: [[ArchnemesisDad Nelson Bunker Kreelman]] is a staunch [[FantasticRacism anti-mutant]] politician in New Britain. Starting a [[AnaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-esque movement of "Kreelers"]], he institutes various anti-mutant policies to force them into ghettos and refugee camps in the bombed-out wastelands to slowly starve. When his son Johnny is born with a mutation and fearing that this might hurt his political career, he [[AbusiveParents frequently abuses his son]] before trying to lock him up forever. The rebel mutant army succeeds in capturing most of the government, but Kreelman tells them to go ahead and kill the hostages anyway, figuring he can rule the country alone. Meanwhile he has 100 mutants executed every hour until the rebels themselves surrender. Finding out that Johnny is among the captured mutant generals, he eagerly [[OffingTheOffspring orders his execution]]. Kreelman then begins the construction of death camps to destroy the entire mutant population of New Britain, but is forced to resign by the prime minister when they realize he's gone too far and becomes a fugitive. He resurfaces years later to get revenge on Johnny, secretly taking over the Search/Destroy agency to frame Johnny and his allies and later personally oversees his son's [[ColdBloodedTorture slow death by torture]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Gordon Rennie in one of his monthly rant columns in the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' speculated that there is much HoYay between Johnny and Wulf. Naturally, this has resulted in much backlash and even prompted John Wagner to specifically write a scene where Wulf gets laid just to debunk this.
** He also speculated that Johnny was a drug addict [[MushroomSamba who was imagining his powers]].

* {{Anvilicious}}: Early strips were pretty heavy-handed with the anti-mutant racism.
** SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped

* TheWoobie: Johnny is a rare example of a manly character who still manages to fall under this trope. Whether it's the sheer amount of crap that gets piled onto him, or the way he stoically accepts the abuse and soldiers on; if you don't occasionally feel the urge to buy the poor man a beer and pat him on the back, you have no heart.
** IronWoobie

* XMeetsY: ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''.

* RecycledInSpace: Basically XMen set in space.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Gordon Rennie in one of his monthly rant columns in the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' speculated that there is much HoYay between Johnny and Wulf. Naturally, this has resulted in much InternetBacklash and even prompted John Wagner to specifically write a scene where Wulf gets laid just to debunk this.

** And not just any old scrappy either but an AlienScrappy.

* XMeetsY: XMen meets JudgeDredd.

* TheWoobie : Johnny is a surprisingly manly example. Whether it's the sheer amount of crap that gets piled onto him, or the way he stoically accepts the abuse and soldiers on; if you don't occasionally feel the urge to buy the poor man a beer and pat him on the back, you have no heart.

* TheWoobie : Johnny is a surprisingly manly example. Weather it's the sheer amount of crap that gets piled onto him, or the way he stoically accepts the abuse and soldiers on; if you don't occasionally feel the urge to buy the poor man a beer and pat him on the back, you have no heart.